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Kelter Foundation Inc at a glance

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Kelter Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$34k
Granted FY2023
25
Grants FY2023
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$57kHuman Services$26kArts & Culture$26kHealth$20kEducation$19kPhilanthropy$12kEmployment$8kCivil Rights$7kOther$0
02FY2023 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k24 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$361k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION SHIR SHALOM$10,146
HAND IN HAND PARENTING$4,000
MARIN COUNTY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$3,000
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA$2,500
FROM THE HEART FOUNDATION$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,250
CONGREGATION SHERITH ISRAEL$1,000
CHABAD OF SAN FRANCISCO$1,000
MUTTVILLE$1,000
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES$1,000
THE COLE PORTER SOCIETY$1,000
SHANTI$800
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$500
MATAN B'SETER BAMBI$500
SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE$500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MATAN B'SETER BAMBI: $500 → 20%MATAN B'SETER BAMBI: $500 → 20%MATAN B'SETER BAMBI: $500 → 20%FRIENDS IN SONOMA HELPING: $350 → 9%FRIENDS IN SONOMA HELPING: $350 → 9%FRIENDS IN SONOMA HELPING: $300 → 9%FRIENDS IN SONOMA HELPING: $300 → 9%FRIENDS IN SONOMA HELPING: $300 → 9%INSTITUTE ON AGING: $500 → 10%INSTITUTE ON AGING: $250 → 10%LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICES: $2k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICES: $1k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICES: $1k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICES: $1k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICES: $1k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICES: $500 → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICES: $500 → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
AZ
NM
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$171k · 46 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2023, 26 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
49

Total granted

$171k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
-8%

Still filing today

33%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalScience & TechAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $6k · revenue +10%
  • W
    WONDERFEST
    7× · 2017–2023 · $3k · revenue +74%
  • SO
    Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc
    6× · 2018–2023 · $3k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • NB
    NORTH BEACH CHABAD OF SAN FRANCISCO
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • RT
    Rooms that Rock 4 Chemo
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Sonoma Botanical Garden
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2
San Jose Museum of Art Association

Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art

Arts & Culture
3
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
4
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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5
Oakland Museum of California

The museum's mission is to inspire all californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities. through collections, exhibitions, education programs, and public dialogue, we inspire people of all ages and…

Arts & Culture
6
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
7
San Francisco Jazz Organization

The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…

Arts & Culture
8
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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9
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
10
San Diego Museum of Art

To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.

Arts & Culture
11
Kearny Street Workshop Incorporated

Ksw makes artists out of community members and community members out of artists. since 1972, ksw has nurtured the creative spirit, and offered an important platform for new voices to be heard -full statement on schedule o

Arts & Culture
12
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family and Children's Services; the most unlike its peers is Bay Area Gardeners Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 101 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
21/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARIN COUNTY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $15,000 · OtherMARIN COUNTY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERCONGREGATION SHIR SHALOM: $13,646 · OtherCONGREGATION SHIR SHALOMFROM THE HEART FOUNDATION: $10,500 · OtherFROM THE HEART FOUNDATIONCONGREGATION SHERITH ISRAEL: $8,550 · OtherCONGREGATION SHERITH ISRAELPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $8,150 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES: $7,500 · OtherHAND IN HAND SCHOOL: $7,000 · OtherTHE COLE PORTER SOCIETY: $6,000 · Other+72 more: $74,119 · Other+72 moreHAND IN HAND PARENTING: $15,000 · Education+2 more: $600 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $9,100 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $1,550 · Arts & CultureTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $900 · Arts & CultureKQED INC: $850 · Arts & CultureBREAD & ROSES PRESENTS: $500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $250 · Arts & CultureJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $7,000 · Human ServicesFriends In Sonoma Helping Inc: $1,600 · Human ServicesMATAN B'SETER BAMBIINC: $1,500 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE ON AGING: $750 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $500 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $8,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $6,000 · Crime & LegalSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $1,250 · Crime & LegalMUTTVILLE: $2,950 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · Animals
Other$150,465Education$15,600Arts & Culture$14,150Human Services$11,350Philanthropy$8,000Crime & Legal$7,250Animals$3,950

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAND IN HAND PARENTING: $15,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $9,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWONDERFEST: $3,300 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMUTTVILLE: $2,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends In Sonoma Helping Inc: $1,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $1,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMATAN B'SETER BAMBIINC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZEN HOSPICE PROJECT DBA ZEN CAREGIVING PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHANTI PROJECT: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE ON AGING: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAD & ROSES PRESENTS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMONS LAUFER MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATALINO TAPIA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATI: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDoors of Change: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFSHD SOCIETY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOTEORG: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARE FOR THE CHILDREN: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTheta Delta Xi Sorority: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHIP HOP FOR CHANGE INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HAND IN HAND PARENTING ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WONDERFEST ↗
  • Who funds Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc ↗
  • Who funds MUTTVILLE ↗
  • Who funds Friends In Sonoma Helping Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ↗
  • Who funds MATAN B'SETER BAMBIINC ↗
  • Who funds SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The San Francisco Fou…Jewish Community Fede…Marin Community Found…Ralph & Marsha Guggen…Jewish Communal FundMcNabb FoundationSilva Watson Moonwalk…Jewish Federation of …Gordon E and Betty I …Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…
The San Francisco FoundationCA22.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Ralph & Marsha Guggenheim Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · McNabb Foundation · Silva Watson Moonwalk Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kelter Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kelter Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 101 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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